The Price of Blogging: $66.21

I opened my cable bill and it was much larger than it typically is. I had an internet overage for the month of November in the amount of $66.21. Then it dawned on me. National Blog Posting Month. I’d NaBloPoMo’d myself to the tune of $66.21.

It didn’t occur to me that I might need more gigabytes. But Patsy at my local cable company knew just what to do. She increased my gigabytes by 150 and with any luck that’s enough. But there’s another 150 waiting for me if I need it. And at $10 a pop, it’s inexpensive compared to the sixty-six dollars and change that appeared on my cable bill. They’re helpful like that. In a couple of weeks, they’re coming out to install a larger cable to our home. We’re on the end of the line apparently, and we need a little more boosting to get a signal. We already have a larger one than usual, but apparently we need more.

She also convinced me to take part in their phone promotion. So, my landline is back on after being off for a year or so. It drops my bill by at least $25 for the next two years, so I agreed. The ringer will never be on, and I’ll never give the number out. I hate telemarketer calls. I know they’re just trying to make a living like anyone else, but I hate them anyway. It’s small of me, I realize. I should be better than that. But I’m not. And they were why we took the land line out in the first place. I don’t even want to know what my new phone number will be.

But it’s like that comedy bit that George Carlin did years ago about stuff. When you get more stuff, you have to buy a bigger house and such to put it in, etc. I have a feeling gigabytes are like that. And as for NaBloPoMo..

IT WAS WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!